Fingers Are Pointed: Pump-Price Politics

With his Rose Garden rap on "oil speculators" not sticking, President Obama turned to student-loan sharks.

President Obama, attempting to divert rising voter anger over soaring gasoline prices from himself to someone else, asserted on April 17 that "an irresponsible few" may be "illegally manipulating or rigging the energy market for their own gain." Enthusing like a best-selling conspiracy novelist, he added, "We can't afford a situation where speculators artificially...